"So what should we do?"
Loa had asked the crucial question.
"Like me, you were pushed straight out of the Illusion Realm. That means neither of us can Return to the One Piece World. Even when you used the part of the Dragon Body I held to Return to the One Piece World, you couldn't Return directly to your body and take control, could you?"
"Right! So this time, I'm taking a different approach!"
"This plan should have started years ago," Ivy said with absolute confidence. "But you were still too weak to complete the task, so I put it off for a few more years."
"So..."
"Do you remember your vow to become a guardian?"
After a moment's silence, Loa smiled with determination. "Of course!"
"Good!" Ivy nodded. A ball of white light, radiating powerful vibrations, suddenly condensed in the void. Loa knew that power well. It was Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
"To become a guardian, you have to return what you brought out of the Illusion Realm!" Ivy repeated what she had told Loa the last time they met. "I have half of the Great Dragon's body, so you don't need to worry about that for now. The Fairy Tail world's wizard legacy is the source of your fighting power, so you don't need to consider that too soon either. But this—you must Return immediately!"
"Why is Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit here?"
The moment he asked, Loa knew it was a stupid question.
Ivy had said before that Nightmare expelled powers an illusionary world could not contain, much like an ascension in broad daylight.
Whitebeard had fought him to a standstill, and that final strike had even threatened his life. Without a doubt, Whitebeard's power had exceeded the Illusion Realm's limits too.
And the source of all Whitebeard's power lay